Johanna Wallroth

Soprano Johanna Wallroth has swiftly risen to international acclaim, with standout appearances at the Wiener Staatsoper, Berliner Philharmonie, Wiener Musikverein, and Philharmonie de Paris. Following her celebrated debut in Mozart’s Don Giovanni with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra under Daniel Harding, she was named Swedish Radio’s artist in residence for two consecutive seasons.

Wallroth’s 2025–26 season marks a series of important debuts, including as Pamina in Simon McBurney’s acclaimed production of The Magic Flute at Theater Basel, as the Governess in The Turn of the Screw with Den Norske Opera, and as Fiordiligi in a concert version of Così fan tutte with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra. On the concert platform, she joins The Cleveland Orchestra under Barbara Hannigan to perform Knoxville Summer of 1915 and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra in a program of Mozart arias, conducted by Karina Canellakis.

Wallroth is also an accomplished recitalist and recently performed at Båstad’s historic Birgit Nilsson Hall with pianist Magnus Svensson,. In collaboration with pianist Malcolm Martineau, she has performed at the Schubertiades in both Vilabertran and Cantabria, the Tivoli Festival, as part of the Grandi voci series at Gothenburg Opera, and at Helsinki Seriös. She has also presented programs at London’s Wigmore Hall with Michael Pandya, at the Savonlinna Festival with Kristian Attila, and has recorded a number of lieder programs as a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist.

Wallroth’s artistic journey began at the Royal Swedish Ballet School, where she trained as a dancer before shifting her focus to voice, and she went on to graduate from Vienna’s Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst (MDW). She gained international attention when she secured first prize at the renowned Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition in 2019. Wallroth was also awarded the Birgit Nilsson Scholarship in 2021 and represented Sweden in the 2023 Cardiff Singer of the World Competition.